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Review
. 2015 Oct 1;11(10):e1005088.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005088. eCollection 2015 Oct.

Addressing the Complications of Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Infections: Using Insights from Bacterial and Fungal Sepsis

Judith Hellman  1
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Review

Addressing the Complications of Ebola and Other Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Infections: Using Insights from Bacterial and Fungal Sepsis

Judith Hellman. PLoS Pathog. .
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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1. Potential approaches to sepsis caused by viral hemorrhagic fevers based on insights from classical sepsis.
The schematic outlines potential approaches to reducing the downstream complications of the viral hemorrhagic fevers, based on what is currently known about the pathophysiology of EBOV sepsis and the state of the art of classical sepsis research.
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